Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 19th February 2025

Lot 104

Three Naga carved wood head ornaments

Estimate £250 - £350 | Hammer £605

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Description

Three Naga carved wood head ornaments
Konyak, Nagaland
one with punched dot tattoo decoration and pierced ears, 10cm high, another with remains of resin to the eyes and pierced to the top sides for attachment, 9cm high, and the third with dot tattoo decoration, glass beads and a tuft of hair to the crown, 13cm high. (3)

Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection.

Published
Julian Jacobs, The Nagas; Hill People of Northeast India, 1990. pps. 193, 194. (unadorned tattoo and lighter colour)